Backend Architect

Job Description

We are looking for a passionate Search Specialist Backend Engineer to join our team. This role will focus on improving and optimizing our search capabilities to enhance user experience, scalability, and relevancy.

Location - Bangalore

Designation - Senior Software engineer - Search Specialist

Responsibilities:

● Design, develop, and maintain the search application, ensuring performance, and scalability.

● Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and implement search features and improvements.

● Ensure search results are relevant by employing techniques like ranking, personalization, and recommendation.

● Work on complex problems related to search algorithms, data structures, and distributed systems.

● Implement logging, metrics, and monitoring for search services.

● Optimize search by tuning the underlying algorithms, experimenting with new techniques, and leveraging tools like Elasticsearch, Solr, etc.

● Maintain and improve existing search functionalities while ensuring backward compatibility.

● Stay updated with the latest advancements in search technology and industry best practices.

Basic Qualifications:

● Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.

● Experience with search engines like Elasticsearch, Solr, or similar technologies.

● Solid understanding of algorithms, data structures, and distributed systems.

● Proficiency in Python and Django.

● Familiarity with RESTful APIs and backend services.

● Preferred Qualifications:

● Experience with natural language processing (NLP) or machine learning as applied to search.

● Knowledge of various search relevance techniques and ranking algorithms.

● Experience in a cloud environment (e.g., AWS, Google Cloud, Azure). ● Familiarity with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.

● Strong analytical and debugging skills. Personal Attributes:

● Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively in a team setting.

● A keen interest in improving user experience through search.

● Proactive, self-motivated, and able to work in a fast-paced environment

👋🏼We're Nagarro.

We are a Digital Product Engineering company that is scaling in a big way! We build products, services, and experiences that inspire, excite, and delight. We work at scale across all devices and digital mediums, and our people exist everywhere in the world (19000+ experts across 33 countries, to be exact). Our work culture is dynamic and non-hierarchical. We are looking for great new colleagues. That is where you come in!

REQUIREMENTS:

• Must have Skills: Node JS, Microservices architecture (MSA) (Capable),Javascript/Typescript, AWS S3/ LAMBDA/ EC2/DYNAMODB
• Cloud developer with a minimum of 6 years of experience Technical skills in most of the following areas
• Expert in developing REST Services and APIS using JavaScript, TypeScript NodeJS is a must 
• Implementing Serverless Software development using Amazon Lambda written in NodeJS is desirable.
• Services including AWS IoT, S3, RDS, IAM, Cognito, SNS, VPC, EBS, AWS Route 53, and Cloud Watch is a must
• Proficient in database concepts including schema design, querying, performance tuning, and debugging (Both SQL and No-SQL databases)
• Strong experience in designing and developing enterprise cloud-based IoT solutions using AWS
• Develop Web, APIs, IoT & Cloud based solutions is a must
• Ability to write automated unit test cases using mocking frameworks (Jasmine, Mocha, chai, Jest, etc.)
• Experience in modern data architectures (e.g. Micro Service, event-driven architectures, stream processing, and integrating real-time analytics into customer applications is desirable
• Have a good eye for NFRs (Scalability, extensibility, reliability, etc.) while evaluating design. should be able to Converts Solution Requirements into logical systems & subsystems
• Innovates and creates new ideas and have the ability to develop quick proof of concepts and validate with the customer.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Understanding functional requirements thoroughly and analysing the client’s needs in the context of the project
• Envisioning the overall solution for defined functional and non-functional requirements, and being able to define technologies, patterns, and frameworks to realize it
• Determining and implementing design methodologies and tool sets
• Enabling application development by coordinating requirements, schedules, and activities.
• Being able to lead/support UAT and production roll outs
• Creating, understanding, and validating WBS and estimated effort for given module/task, and being able to justify it
• Addressing issues promptly, responding positively to setbacks and challenges with a mindset of continuous improvement
• Giving constructive feedback to the team members and setting clear expectations.
• Helping the team in troubleshooting and resolving of complex bugs
• Carrying out POCs to make sure that suggested design/technologies meet the requirements.